Brookside Capital Partners is pleased to announce its investment in Fabian Couture Group, LLC (“FCG”). Established in 1901 and headquartered in Lyndhurst, NJ, FCG is one of the largest designers and wholesalers of men’s formalwear, uniforms, and accessories for the rental, retail, and hospitality markets in the United States and Canada.
FCG carries exclusive licenses for brands such as Ike Beyhar, Ben Sherman and Bruno Magli, and its customers include a diversified base of formalwear and rental shops, large multiunit national chains, and a number of hotels, casinos, restaurants, country clubs, and schools.
Brookside Capital Partners provided subordinated debt and an equity co-investment to support an add-on acquisition of Uncommon Chef by FCG, an existing portfolio company of Valesco Industries. Established in 1988 as a textile converter and recently rebranded from Uncommon Threads, Uncommon Chef is a leader in the foodservice apparel segment. This acquisition complements the existing FCG Uniform line well and adds to the company’s growing Uniform and Career Apparel business segment.
About Brookside Capital Partners
Founded in 2001, Brookside Capital Partners has invested $1.2 billion across four funds. The Firm is a leading provider of debt and minority equity to small and mid-sized companies throughout the United States. We invest in both sponsored and non-sponsored transactions, providing flexible capital solutions to support buyouts, leveraged recapitalizations, strategic acquisitions and growth capital.
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